John Shelby Spong Quotes

You know, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender - people are people.

Gay people exist. There's nothing we can do in public policy that makes more of us exist, or less of us exist. And you guys have been arguing for a generation that public policy ought to essentially demean gay people as a way of expressing disapproval of the fact that we exist, but you don't make any less of us exist. You just are arguing in favor of more discrimination, and more discrimination doesn't make straight people's lives any better.

Homosexuals are not interested in making other people homosexuals. Homophobes are interested in making other people homophobes.

For straight, hetero people it's very easy to unintentionally say something that might not honor people's identities fully, and Grace Dunham is a really amazing educational resource.

Gay or straight? So what? It doesn't matter to me. We have to be concerned about other people regardless.

John Kerry didn't out me, nor did he offend or attack me by calling me a lesbian. I certainly couldn't be offended by the truth.

I don't blame homosexuals for being angry when people say they've made a choice to be gay, because they don't.

I was very surprised that for a while I could only get cast as straight. It was that way for a few years.

There's nothing wrong with being gay, but I'm not.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

I don't feel like millions of people are wrong because they love who they love or they were born how they were born.

Sexuality shouldn't define anyone. It doesn't define me. Love should be at the core of what you do.

If I hadn't been born a woman, I would have certainly been gay.

I enjoy my relationship with straight men. It's very nurturing. It's very validating to hang out with straight guys and be accepted. So many of us, we were not accepted when we were younger by straight persons in high school.

Some people think I am gay, which I think is awesome.

Man, if you're gay we can be friends. If you're straight, we can be friends. I'm not gay, I don't plan on being gay, I don't condone it and I'm not sayin' I'm against it.

I have some good friends of my own who happen to be gay, and when it comes to gay, straight, or whatever, I'm for anything life-affirmative. I'm for gay power, straight power, male power, female power; everybody should feel empowered without oppressing anyone who's different.

I'm really not an avowed heterosexual. I'm no more proud of it than of being white or tall.

It's great when people have the confidence to discuss their sexuality if it works for them. I can't fault someone for not coming out, because I don't know their journey, what scares them, what's at stake, or how it will affect their personal life or family.

We are a diverse people, man.

Something inside of me tells me that being homosexual is probably wrong.

I feel sorry for straight people.

Yeah, it shouldn't be an issue. Stories about women, about men, about homosexuals, about heterosexuals. We shouldn't point at what it is.

As many of you know, my story begins where most people's in the LGBT+ community begins... with fear. I knew I was different from my peers, my friends, and those around me when I started to discover who I was and who I identified as from a young age.

When people think what is the most simple sort of human, it's a white man, and anything else that is added to that complicates it for people. It comes with all kinds of meanings and connotations. If they have a different skin color, that comes with a connotation. If they're a woman, 'Oh well, what do I feel about that?'